a radio was on.

You probably already know that Margaret Atwood maintains that all of the things that happen in The Handmaid's Tale have already happened, somewhere, or are things we are trying to do, or making progress towards.  She was known to carry around newspaper clippings (recall, if you dare, the time before the internet, search engines, and smart phones.  Just the other day I remembered I had forgotten that we used to call Time and Temperature--a phone number that let us know what time it was and, in my case, whether it was warm enough to go to the pool.  Alone, by the way.).  Genital mutilation? Check.  Killing people because they are gay (well, not sure if that happened in the book or the series).  Check.  Controlling bodies, especially women's bodies--check is an insufficient word for what is happening right now. I was thinking about Margaret Atwood because I haven't watched the third season of the Hulu series.  I know the series has moved past the novel at this point, but I'

You probably already know that Margaret Atwood maintains that all of the things that happen in The Handmaid's Tale have already happened, somewhere, or are things we are trying to do, or making progress towards.  She was known to carry around newspaper clippings (recall, if you dare, the time before the internet, search engines, and smart phones.  Just the other day I remembered I had forgotten that we used to call Time and Temperature--a phone number that let us know what time it was and, in my case, whether it was warm enough to go to the pool.  Alone, by the way.).  Genital mutilation? Check.  Killing people because they are gay (well, not sure if that happened in the book or the series).  Check.  Controlling bodies, especially women's bodies--check is an insufficient word for what is happening right now. I was thinking about Margaret Atwood because I haven't watched the third season of the Hulu series.  I know the series has moved past the novel at this point, but I